nounEtymology: Middle French, from emouvoir to stir up, from Old French esmovoir, from Latin emovēre to remove, displace, from e- + movēre to moveDate: 15791.a.obsoletedisturbanceb.excitement2.a. the affective aspect of consciousness ;feelingb. a state of feeling
c. a conscious mental reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body
Synonyms:seefeeling

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